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J, L. .WAGNER su J. SBATH.

CAR DOOR.

N0.28o,537. Y Patented-Jaws, 1883.

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- UNITED. 'STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

JOHN L. WAGNER AND JAMES SEATH, OE TERREHAUTE, IND., ASSIGNORS To THEMSELvES, THOMPKINS A. LEWIS, OE INDIANAPOLIS, IND., HENRY R. DU'vALL, OE NEw YORK, N. X., AND ROBERT S. COX, OE TERRE HAUTE, IND.

OAR-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 280,537, dated July 3, 1883.

Application led May To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that we, JOHN L.WAGNER and JAMES SEATH, of the city `of Terre Haute,

county of Vigo, and State of Indiana@ have in- .5 vented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors, of which the following is a speci- -fication.

v Our said invention consists in the combina A tion, with car doors, of certain mechanism Io whereby such doors are adapted to slide along beside the car, as usual, and to be closed in flush with the car-sides, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth. l y Referring to the accompanying drawings, I which are made a part hereof. and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a side elevation of a car provided with a door-embodying our invention, one door being open and the other closed, the 2o open door being shown by dotted lines; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view, looking downwardly from the dotted line z z,- Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view, looking to the right from the dotted line y y,- Fig. 4, an enlarged detail View similar to a portion of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig.- 4, except that the shaft is turned in the other direction; and Fig. 6, a perspective view of substantially the parts shown by Fig. 4. A 3o 'In said' drawings, the portions'inarked A represent the body of the car, B the door, and C the crank-rod by which said door is operated. The car-body A is substantially of the usual construction. It has rabbeted lj ambs a' a/, 3 5 similar to those usually provided for ahinged swinging door, which receive the door B in such a manner that when- Said door is fully closedthe outer surface thereof is iiush with the outside of the car-body, as shown. It isalso 4o provided with the slides A, which are similar in every respect to the usual slides upon which ordinary car-doors are mounted, except that they turn inwardly as they approach the front edge ofthe door-opening, as shown most plainly in Fig. 2.

. The door B is a car-door of ordinary construction, and is mounted upon the slides A', as shown. 'Iwo of its bearings, b b, are of the ordinary form', and are attached rigidly to the 2l, 1883. (No model.)

door, while the other two, c c, arev only con- 5o ne'cted to the door through the crank-rod C.

The rod C is secured to the door B by bearings b. It has short cranks c upon its ends, upon which are the bearings c. Itis also provided with a handle or lever, C, which is firmly secured thereto. This4 handle, when turned around against the door, turnsthe rod C, so that the cranks c project inwardly, carrying the bearings c and the door toward the car, and forcing said door into the rabbeted 6o jamb, as shown. When said handle is forced around` in the other direction, the cranks c draw the bearings c and the door B outwardly, freeing said door from the jambs, and permitting it to be moved along the slides A, and thus opened. When the handle CA is swung ,around against the door, it preferably engages with a staple, bi, and is adapted to be secured thereto by 'a pin or hasp, b, or a lock. A like staple, ci, and said pin b may be used to 7o fasten the door open, if desired.

The operation of our said invention may be recapitulated as follows: The door being open and it being desired to close it, said door is moved along the slides A by pulling on the handle b" until the front edge comes in contact with the j amb a. The handle C is then turned around until it rests against the door B, carrying with it the rod C, which, through the cranks c on the ends thereof and the bearings So c on said cranks, forces the back edge of the door tightly into contact with the j amb c', and thus completes the closing of the door into the rabbets of said jambs as completely as though said door werehung on hinges, like an ordinary 8 5 swinging door, instead of on slides, as is essential in this class of cars. The advantages of having the doorsclosed into the jambs iiush with the outside of the cars are that when so closed no water or sparks of lire can get into 9o the cars, which is a common source of much loss and damage when ordinary car-doors are. used.

It will be understood that there maybe a `rod C at each edge of the door instead of at one edge only, in which case the bars A would run straight instead of being curved at the end next the front edge of the door.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Batent, is

1. rllhe combination, with a car, of a door mounted on slides, and provided with a crankrod connected with bearings therefor, whereby when said rod is turned in one direction said door will be forced into its jambs, and when turned in the other direction said door will be dra-wn outwardly therefrom, substan tially as set forth.

2. The combination of a car, a sliding door therefor, slides on which said dooris mounted, a crank-rod mounted on said door, bearings mounted on the cranks of said rod, which rest on said slides and support the door, and mea-ns for operating said rod, whereby said door is moved into or withdrawn from its jambS, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the car A, the slides A', curved inwardly at the front edge of the door, the car-door B, having bearings b Z), the crank-rod C, having bearings c c upon its cranks, and a handle i'or turning` the saine, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

Il. The combination, with a ear, mi' a door mounted on slides, one edge of which is supported by bearings attached directly to the door, and the other edge ol'wvhich is supported through a crank-rod by bearings upon the ends of said crank-rod, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at Indianapolis, Indiana, 3 5

C. BRADFORD, ll. XV. BRADFORD. 

